Tie-clip



W. E. KENNISON.

TIE CLIP. APPLICATION FILED SEPIZI. 1919.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

WM5/WW @IMM FLTTEENEIY WILLIS EUGENE KENNISON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODEISLAND.

Application led September 27, 1919.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, VILLIs EUGENE KEN- NIsoN,a citizen of the United States, residing at rovidence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tie-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to an improvement in articles for personaluse and more particularly to an improvement in tie clips used forsecuring the otherwise free end of a tie or cra-vat to the shirt of thewearer.

A common form of tie clip, as heretofore constructed, has a pivot pinand a coiled serinem surrounding the ivot )in to hold the jaws of theclip together under spring tension. This form of a tie clip has four ormore parts, it is expensive to manufacture and the pivot pin is liableto work loose and drop out, thereby ruining the utility of the clip.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of a tie clip,whereby the number of parts are reduced, the construction simplified,the cost of manufacturing reduced and a stronger and more durable tieclip produced than has heretofore been done.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a tieclip, said tie clip having details of construction, as will be morefully set forth hereinafter and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tie clip.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the U shaped spring.

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view through the tie clip, inelevation.

F ig. 4e is a central longitudinal sectional view through the cliplooking down on the same, and

F ig. 5 is a transverse sectional view through the pivot of the tieclip, as indicated by line 5.5 of Fig. 3.

Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are enlarged and F ig. 5 is still further enlarged.The tie clip consists of three parts only.

In the drawing 6 indicates one jaw of the tie clip, 7 the other jaw and8 the spring. The jaw 6 has a continuous lip 9 formed into saw-teeth 10at one end, and on the side oppositely disposed semi-circular pivotnotches 11.11. The jaw V7 has corresponding sawteeth 10 on its end andoppositely disposed Specification of Letters Pn tent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920. Serial No. 326,837.

semi-circular pivot projections 12.12 which iit into the pivot notches11.11 and form the pivots of the clip. The U shaped springS has therounded closed end 13 and the flat arms 14.14 with the edge nicks 15.15as shown in F ig. 2. Each jaw 6 and 7 has the lip 9, at the sides and atthe operating ends of the jaws formed into fastening edges 16.16 whichare bent over the edges of the flat arms 14.14 of the spring 8 andsecures the spring in place. The spring is further secured orlocked inplace by teats 17.17 on the fastening edges 16.16 forced into the edgenicks 15.15 in the edges of the spring arms, adjacent the ends.

By this construction the flat arms 14.714.- of the spring are rigidlysecured in place in the jaw members 6 and 7 and the rounded closed end13 of the spring being in juxtaposition to the pivot notches 11.11 andpivot projections 12.12 holds the pivot projections in the pivot notchesand completes the pivot of the clip; also as the greater portion of thearms of the spring are rigidly secured and locked to the jaws of theclip, the jaws are firmly held against sidewise or lateral movement ofthe jaws, when in use.

It is evident that the construction of my improved tie clip could bematerially varied within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new A tie clip for thepurpose described comprising two jaws each jaw having side and end lipsand 4interlocking teeth on one end, one jaw having oppositely disposedsemicircular pivot notches in the sides, and the other jaw havingoppositely disposed semicircular pivot projections on the sides and inthe semicircular notches of the opposing jaw, a U shaped springintermediate the jaws and having iiat arms in the edges of which arenicks, means for securing the arms of the spring in the jaws with theclosed end of the spring in juxtaposition to the pivot notches andprojections of the jaws, and means for locking the arms of the spring tothe jaws consisting of `teats on the jaws in the edge nicks of the armsof the spring, the pivot notches, pivot projections and the U shapedspring forming the pivot joint of the clip.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIS EUGENE KENNISON.

